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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
456,441
Country Rank
239
Institution Rank : 88
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11019.jpg)
![Ghana](/flags/gh.png)
![William Baah Boateng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3c/92148.jpg)
Economics
Economics of Labour Market
Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,854
1,289
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
456,814
Country Rank
302
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8553.png)
![Kenya](/flags/ke.png)
![David Mathuva](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f9/106151.jpg)
Accounting and Financial Markets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,852
1,044
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
460,123
Country Rank
856
Institution Rank : 102
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11072.jpg)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Musibau Adetunji Babatunde](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/61/95283.jpg)
international economics
energy economics
development economics
growth empirics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
930
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
460,436
Country Rank
857
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2596.png)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Tomola Marshal Obamuyi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4d/91604.jpg)
Finance
Entrepreneurship and Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
1,095
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
462,249
Country Rank
2,209
Institution Rank : 279
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8529.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Stan Du Plessis](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
business cycles
economic growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,821
574
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
462,465
Country Rank
862
Institution Rank : 78
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11230.jpg)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Jonathan Emenike Ogbuabor](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/be/100352.jpg)
Applied Econometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
1,656
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
462,730
Country Rank
863
Institution Rank : 105
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11072.jpg)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Fidelis Ogwumike](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c6/97697.jpg)
Development economics
Welfare economics
energy and environmental economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,818
910
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
463,336
Country Rank
1,583
Institution Rank : 41
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4697.png)
![Egypt](/flags/eg.png)
![Tarek Tawfik Yousef Alkhateeb](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b5/91343.jpg)
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,642
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
463,814
Country Rank
867
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5177.png)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Lukman Adewale Folaranmi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Applied Statistics and Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,811
1,763
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
465,633
Country Rank
2,223
Institution Rank : 150
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11098.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Erika Kraemer-Mbula](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dd/97220.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,801
1,243
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
467,040
Country Rank
2,231
Institution Rank : 217
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11299.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Elmar R. Venter](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ce/96867.jpg)
financial reporting
sustainability reporting
integrated reporting
non-GAAP earnings
capital market research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,793
1,514
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
467,794
Country Rank
2,234
Institution Rank : 218
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11299.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Manoel Bittencourt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/93224.jpg)
Political Economy
Economic Growth
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
1,045
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
468,497
Country Rank
891
Institution Rank : 81
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11230.jpg)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Anthony Orji](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ab/104153.jpg)
Economics
Finance and Development Economics
Macroeconomics
Growth and Poverty Reduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
1,548
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
468,546
Country Rank
892
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17105.jpg)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Sunday Brownson Akpan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/91055.jpg)
Agricultural Economics
Farm Management and Production Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
1,145
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
469,880
Country Rank
2,241
Institution Rank : 219
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11299.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Margaret Chitiga Mabugu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d1/93274.jpg)
Public Policy
CGE modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,778
789
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
476,859
Country Rank
265
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11307.jpg)
![Ghana](/flags/gh.png)
![Samuel Antwi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/06/4313508.jpg)
Finance and Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
1,200
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
477,285
Country Rank
2,275
Institution Rank : 250
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11498.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Samuel Laryea](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f6/90213.jpg)
Construction procurement
construction contracts
construction management
construction economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,737
1,005
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
478,232
Country Rank
2,278
Institution Rank : 417
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10906.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Eftychia Nikolaidou](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6e/96651.jpg)
defence and peace economics
Credit Risk Determinants in Banking
European Union
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,732
973
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
478,770
Country Rank
928
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/702.png)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Owolabi Sunday](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b4/88564.jpg)
Corporate Governance
Financial Management and Public Sector Accounting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,729
1,091
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
480,977
Country Rank
4
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10490.png)
![Madagascar](/flags/mg.png)
![O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/df/4307269.jpg)
Social aspects of forest Conservation and Restoration
Land and Forest Tenure
economics of payments for ecosystem services and
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,717
1,337
0.779
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
482,334
Country Rank
949
Institution Rank : 110
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11072.jpg)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Oluwatosin Adeniyi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/96459.jpg)
Development Studies
Migration Studies
Development Economi
Sociology of Religion
African Intellectual History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,710
1,224
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
485,181
Country Rank
964
Institution Rank : 49
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1778.png)
![Nigeria](/flags/ng.png)
![Iyoha, Francis O.](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/99749.jpg)
Financial Reporting
Accounting Ethics
Accounting Education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
1,147
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
490,039
Country Rank
347
Institution Rank : 122
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11217.jpg)
![Kenya](/flags/ke.png)
![Cyrus Iraya Mwangi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d4/105974.jpg)
Financial Strategy
Cost Management
Career Advising & Corporate Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
1,256
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
490,315
Country Rank
9
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16816.png)
![Sierra Leone](/flags/sl.png)
![Emerson Abraham Jackson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4e/4308847.jpg)
Financial Economics
Economic Policy Management
Monetary Policy Analysis
Livelihood Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,064
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
491,909
Country Rank
1,755
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17054.png)
![Egypt](/flags/eg.png)
![Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/79/4522569.jpg)
Biobanking
Cancer
COVID-19
Ethics
Immunology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
1,655
0.996
William Baah Boateng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,854
1,289
0.695
Economics
Economics of Labour Market
Econometrics
David Mathuva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,852
1,044
0.564
Accounting and Financial Markets
Musibau Adetunji Babatunde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,833
930
0.507
international economics
energy economics
development economics
growth empirics
Tomola Marshal Obamuyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,831
1,095
0.598
Finance
Entrepreneurship and Management
Stan Du Plessis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,821
574
0.315
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
business cycles
economic growth
Jonathan Emenike Ogbuabor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,819
1,656
0.910
Fidelis Ogwumike
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,818
910
0.501
Development economics
Welfare economics
energy and environmental economics
Tarek Tawfik Yousef Alkhateeb
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,814
1,642
0.905
Lukman Adewale Folaranmi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,811
1,763
0.973
Applied Statistics and Data Science
Erika Kraemer-Mbula
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,801
1,243
0.690
Elmar R. Venter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,793
1,514
0.844
financial reporting
sustainability reporting
integrated reporting
non-GAAP earnings
capital market research
Manoel Bittencourt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,789
1,045
0.584
Political Economy
Economic Growth
Development Economics
Anthony Orji
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
1,548
0.867
Economics
Finance and Development Economics
Macroeconomics
Growth and Poverty Reduction
Sunday Brownson Akpan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,785
1,145
0.641
Agricultural Economics
Farm Management and Production Economics
Margaret Chitiga Mabugu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,778
789
0.444
Samuel Antwi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,739
1,200
0.690
Finance and Accounting
Samuel Laryea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,737
1,005
0.579
Construction procurement
construction contracts
construction management
construction economics
Eftychia Nikolaidou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,732
973
0.562
defence and peace economics
Credit Risk Determinants in Banking
European Union
Owolabi Sunday
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,729
1,091
0.631
Corporate Governance
Financial Management and Public Sector Accounting
O. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,717
1,337
0.779
Social aspects of forest Conservation and Restoration
Land and Forest Tenure
economics of payments for ecosystem services and
Oluwatosin Adeniyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,710
1,224
0.716
Development Studies
Migration Studies
Development Economi
Sociology of Religion
African Intellectual History
Iyoha, Francis O.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,695
1,147
0.677
Financial Reporting
Accounting Ethics
Accounting Education
Cyrus Iraya Mwangi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,670
1,256
0.752
Financial Strategy
Cost Management
Career Advising & Corporate Governance
Emerson Abraham Jackson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,669
1,064
0.638
Financial Economics
Economic Policy Management
Monetary Policy Analysis
Livelihood Analysis
Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
1,655
0.996
Biobanking
Cancer
COVID-19
Ethics
Immunology